At the end of forty days Noah opened the hatch of the ark that he had made,
Make an opening for daylight and finish the ark a cubit above it. Put the ark’s entrance on its side; you will make it with bottom, second and third decks.
The waters continued to diminish until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains appeared.
and he released a raven. It flew back and forth until the waters dried off from the earth.
So King Darius signed the prohibition into law.